Tesla Model S Leads BEV Sales In New South Wales (Australia)

For Tesla, good news comes from New South Wales (NSW) in Australia, where Model S is now the best selling all-electric model.

Out of 756 registered EVs (635 passenger cars), there is now 210 Teslas.

Not bad to have one third of the market and the quickest pace of growth. The bad news is that Australian market still is relatively small, and EVs are pricey due to the landed costs – which might also explain the Model S sedans greater success rate where desire to drive the car may outweigh the cost.

Here are more stats from NSW (sadly without plug-in hybrids):

Light Vehicles BEVs:

Passenger Vehicles – 635

Off-road Vehicles – 7

Motorcycles – 51

Scooters- 10

Light Trucks – 20

Light Plants – 20

Heavy Vehicles BEVs:

Heavy Trucks – 7

Prime Movers – 2

Heavy Plants – 4

Lastly, here’s an outlook on what is going on in this part of the world, provided by Recharging NSW:

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pfft! Sorry, 1/3 of a market is impressive, especially when it’s the new kid on the block – but not as impressive as being the best-seller EV for 5 years in a row, and making 69% market share at its worst.

Australia has pretty much no EV incentives at all. Without incentives, the lower cost EVs are not selling because the gas cars provide a much better consumer value proposition. So much of the EV market is for the high-end Tesla that provides a much better value when compared to its high-end ICE competitors.